20/12/2025
CAPOEIRA ANGOLA BOOKS FUNDRAISER
Mestre Roxinho (Edielson Miranda) will be publishing his third book in 2026 and is inviting pre-sales as a fundraiser for the repair of the roof of the Bantu Cultural Institute (Instituto Cultural Bantu).
The book is *Learning through Ginga: Body, Memory, and Crossroads* (in English or Portuguese).
It's a work that "brings together Capoeira Angola, African ancestry, and community-based practices as foundations for an education of the body and resistance. Ginga is above all a principle, it is the synthesis of the African worldview present in the movement of the body."
$55
All funds will go to the finish the work to repair of the roof of the Bantu Institute, on the island of Itaparica in Salvador, Brazil. The Bantu Institute is a centre that aims to empower children, young people and their families through socio-educational activities and the appreciation of African heritage, contributing to social transformation.
Mestre has also reprinted his original book *Capoeira Angola: Histórias, cantorias e versos* (in Portuguese only) which shares philosophy and history of the songs, ladainhas and corridos and their place in the Roda.
To order a copy of either book go to: https://forms.gle/5FkS7H6AgFqRnPjC7
You can also donate directly to the Institute at this link:https://gogetfunding.com/bantu-needs-your-help-icbantu-precisa-de-sua-ajuda/
